Category: India

BESTECH 2026 Concludes Successfully at RMLIMS Lucknow

Arijit Bose

Lucknow: The Department of Endocrine Surgery at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS) recently hosted the Breast and Endocrine Surgery Technological Advances Symposium and Workshop, popularly known as BESTECH 2026. Held on February 20–21, 2026, the event was organized under the visionary leadership of Organizing Chairman Prof. S. K. Mishra, Organizing Secretary Dr. Sara Idris, and Co-Organizing Secretaries Dr. Mithun Ram and Dr. Ashwini Rahalkar. The symposium emerged as a premier academic gathering, drawing a diverse group of medical professionals from fields such as Radiology, Pathology, Nuclear…

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Beyond the Blueprint: When Data Meets the Human Heart in Lucknow

Arijit Bose

Lucknow: In an age where progress is often measured by cold spreadsheets and shifting decimal points, a recent gathering at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) offered something far more profound: a soul. Hosted in collaboration with Lucknow Bioscope, the evening marked the launch of Every Last Girl: A Journey to Educate India’s Forgotten Daughters, a book that serves as both a roadmap of past victories and a manifesto for the work yet to be done. The air in the room was thick with the weight of “forgotten stories” as…

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Adani Group Announces 24 Fully Funded Scholarships for India’s Top Business Schools

Arijit Bose

Ahmedabad: The Adani Group has announced 24 fully funded scholarships under its Adani Accelerated Leadership Program (AALP) for the 2025–27 batch, reaffirming its commitment to inclusive leadership development and nation-building. The scholarships have been awarded to meritorious students from India’s premier business institutions, including Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow and Indian School of Business. The selected scholars were formally felicitated at the Group’s headquarters in Ahmedabad by Karan Adani, Managing Director of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone and Director…

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Zydus launches PEPAIRTM, a first in India, affordable, drug-free, handheld device for better respiratory health

Arijit Bose

Lucknow: Zydus Lifesciences Limited (including its subsidiaries/affiliates, hereafter referred to as “Zydus”), an innovation-led life-sciences company with an international presence, launches PEPAIRTM, India’s first affordable Oscillating Positive Expiratory Pressure (OPEP) device featuring a 3-resistance system designed to help clear congestion and support effective mucous clearance and improve breathing in patients with COPD, Asthma, and Bronchiectasis. PEPAIRTM is an innovative, drug-free, handheld device with patented design. More than 90 lakh patients suffer from these chronic respiratory conditions in India. Chronic mucous hypersecretion is a common problem amongst these patients that requires…

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ICDS Department and Adani Foundation Sign MoU for ‘Suposhan Project’ in Sonbhadra

Arijit Bose

Lucknow/Sonbhadra: In a significant step toward strengthening nutrition services in Uttar Pradesh, the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Department signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Adani Foundation for the implementation of the “Suposhan Project” in Sonbhadra district. The MoU was signed in the gracious presence of Cabinet Minister Baby Rani Maurya. Senior officials attending the event included Additional Chief Secretary (Child Development & Nutrition) Leena Johri, ICDS Director Sarnit Kaur Broca, and Deputy Director Dr. Anupama Shandilya. Representing the Adani Group were North India Head and Senior Vice…

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Environmental Sustainability through the IKS prism

Arijit Bose

Lucknow: A unique feature of Indian philosophy is the concept of dharma—the ethical and moral law that guides human behaviour. Unlike animals, which are driven by instinct, humans are expected to follow dharma. This distinction between humans and animals is highlighted in the Hitopadeśa: आहारनिद्राभयमैथुनञ्चसामान्यमेतत्पशुभिर्नराणाम् | धर्मोहितेषाम्अधिकोविशेषःधर्मेणहीनापशुभिस्समानाः ||  ‘Food, sleep, fear, and mating, these are common between men and animals. It is dharma, the performance of one’s duties, which specially distinguishes men from animals. Those who are bereft of dharma are no different from animals.’ Thus, philosophical inquiry in India is…

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Digital Generation Embraces Tradition: Indo-Nepal Maitri Mahotsav 2026 Becomes a Landmark of Cultural Unity

Arijit Bose

Heritage Echoes Across Purvanchal and Terai as Folk Dances Strengthen Ties; Festival to Continue Until February 28 LUCKNOW |  The ongoing Indo-Nepal Maitri Mahotsav 2026 has emerged as a vibrant bridge connecting the youth of the digital era with their ancestral roots. Since its commencement on February 16, the festival has transformed into a massive “People’s Celebration” (Jan Utsav), weaving together the ancient cultural, spiritual, and social threads that bind the two neighboring nations. A Confluence of Rhythms: Jhagar, Kumari, and Faruwahi The festival has reached its midway point with…

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Revitalizing the Lifeline: State-Level Workshop “Clean Gomti 2026” Held in Lucknow

Arijit Bose

Comprehensive brainstorming on Policy, Technology, Finance, and Public Participation for the rejuvenation of the Gomti River. LUCKNOW |  Under the visionary guidance of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the leadership of the State Transformation Commission (STC) CEO  Manoj Kumar Singh, a state-level workshop titled “Revitalizing the Lifeline: Clean Gomti 2026” was organized today. This landmark initiative aims to establish a scientific and sustainable roadmap to restore the Gomti River—a major tributary of the Ganga—to its pristine and perennial glory. A Scientific and Strategic Deep-Dive The workshop brought together senior government officials,…

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Valedictory Ceremony of Five-Day Training Programme under CSIR Aroma Mission

Arijit Bose

Lucknow | The valedictory session of the five-days training programme on “Economically Important Medicinal and Aromatic Plants for Bihar” was successfully organized today at CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow. The programme was organised during 16–20 February 2026 under the CSIR Aroma Mission. This program was sponsored by Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), Saran, Bihar. A total of 27 progressive farmers from Chapra, Saran district, Bihar participated in the training programme aimed at promoting scientific cultivation, processing, and value addition of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs). The…

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The Invisible Shield: How Artificial Intelligence is Securing the Identities of over a Billion Indians

Arijit Bose

New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched landmark initiatives in India’s digital security framework. It has deployed next-generation AI enabled biometric deduplication and document verification platform. This platform will improve the deduplication accuracy of the Enrolment or Update transaction being undertaken by UIDAI. This “Invisible Shield” marks a new chapter in India’s digital safety mission — a multi-layered AI defence system that performs crores of computations, harnessing accelerated computing to protect citizens’ trust and data integrity. Population-Scale Data Deduplication To uphold the principle of one unique…

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